Shored Up is an urgent call to action in the face of accelerating sea-level rise, presenting the devastation of Hurricane Sandy as a window into the future. Set in Long Beach Island, NJ and the Outer Banks of NC, the film explores the political conflicts and personal stakes of communities along the shore. Shored Up talks to scientists, politicians, residents and a wide range of experts to expose major shortcomings in coastal management and the immediate need for change. Filmed over three years and culminating in the impact of Hurricane Sandy, it becomes an eerie foretelling of the storm’s devastation and a witness to its dramatic aftermath. Shored Up is a look at what happens when we ignore the realities of geology in our drive to inhabit and profit from our coastlines.
About the filmmaker - Ben Kalina, Director & Producer
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Ben is a film director and producer whose work focuses on the intersection of science,culture and the environment. He directs and produces original documentaries, narrative shorts and cross-media projects as well as client-driven video productions. Ben has worked for years with Niijii Films on the documentaries Two Square Miles and A Sea
Change, two award winning films which have been successfully deployed for environmental justice and education, and
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both of which have been nationally broadcast in the U.S. Among his current projects Ben is currently directing and producing Shored Up, which explores the Army Corps’ controversial and ongoing beach replenishment project along the New Jersey Shore. In addition to his documentary work
Ben has won several international awards for his short narrative film, Diorama.
NEW FILM SERIES! On Screen/In Person, BlackRock Center for the Arts’ new independent film series, brings six of the Mid Atlantic’s hottest independent filmmakers on the American indie film circuit along with their films to BlackRock for screenings and engaging conversation. Tickets are just $8.00. See www.blackrockcenter.org for updates on specific times of the following film screenings along with related roundtable discussions and meet-the-filmmaker receptions. Series made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.
